Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Tag: Schubert
Review: “Opus 109” – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach’s sixth keyboard partita, Beethoven’s piano sonatas Op. 90 & 109, and Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 566.
Review: Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings
6-CD box set of previously unreleased recordings by pianist Radu Lupu.
Review: Schubert – Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 – Martin Helmchen
Martin Helmchen in the first volume of Schubert complete Piano Sonatas cycle.
Review: River of Music – The Kanneh-Masons
The Kanneh-Masons play Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, with other works by Coleridge-Taylor, Handel, Elgar, Chopin and Dvořák.
Review: Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch in Schumann and Schubert
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, with a bonus DVD featuring a staged production of Schubert’s Schwanengesang.
Review: Schubert – Piano Sonata D. 959, Moments Musicaux – Steven Osborne, Piano
Steven Osborne plays Schubert’s piano sonata D. 959, and Moments Musicaux, D. 780.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, March 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Lieder – Fatma Said, Soprano
Fatma Said in a song recital, with works by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.
Review: Schubert – Piano Sonata D. 958, Impromptus D. 935 – Aimi Kobayashi
Aimi Kobayashi plays Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C Minor (D. 958) and the four Impromptus (D. 935).
